Question

Mention the features of NHP ?

Answer 1

It aims to raise public healthcare expenditure to 2.5% of GDP from current 1.4%, with more than two-thirds of those resources going towards primary healthcare.It envisages providing a larger package of assured comprehensive primary health care through the ‘Health and Wellness Centers’.It is a comprehensive package that will include care for major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), geriatric healthcare, mental health, palliative care and rehabilitative care services.It proposes free diagnostics, free drugs and free emergency and essential healthcare services in all public hospitals in order to provide health care access and financial protection.It seeks to establish regular tracking of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) Index as a measure of the burden of disease and its major categories trends by 2022.